P a g e | 12  Children with physical disabilities and mental illness are shunned and culturally marginalised. Children born out of wedlock suffer the same treatment. This is related to strong superstitious beliefs in Lesotho. For example, it is often said by Basotho that a child with a disability has been cursed by ancestors or “muti” has been used on the child or family, such to create their condition. The child is therefore bad luck for the family and must be outcast. Basotho also still utilise traditional medicines which can be particularly problematic in child birth and postnatal care. This is especially so when Western medicine is shunned entirely in favour of more traditional options.  Care of children with no parent or guardian is often shared amongst extended family members. When one family is no longer able to care for the child, they will move the child to another family member's home. While this informal kinship care has its merits, it creates and unstable environment for a child.  Extended family is often involved in the practice of property grabbing. That is, where a child's parents are both deceased, the extended family take what should be the child's inherited property for themselves. This is however legislated against in the CPW Act along with several other harmful cultural practices.  Section 17 of the CPW Act expressly prohibits cultural practices which are harmful to children. This includes involvement of achild in any practice or ritual which causes or is likely to cause damage to a child’s physical, emotional or psychological health or well-being. In Lesotho this would include such things as early and forced marriage, child labour including herding and domestic work for girls, initiation of boys and exorcism.  The establishment of Child Helpline, funded by Global Fund, has provided a mechanism for complaints and referrals. Establishment of the Child and Gender Protection Unit (CGPU) in 2005, the Probation Unit and more recent establishment of the Children’s Court in Maseru in 2011 were to assist in enforcement of the provisions against harmful cultural practices.  At community level GoL and non-government organisations sensitize and create awareness on issues pertaining to the protection of children such as: World AIDS Day commemoration; International Disability Day commemoration; 16 Days of Activism on Violence Against Women and Children; Day of the African Child commemoration; Undertaking public gatherings known as Pitsos, segments on television shows and radio programs. 2.4 Existing or planned mechanism to coordinate policies and monitor implementation of the Charter The MOH in 2008 established a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) unit with the financial assistance of Global Fund. This unit continued operation under the newly established MoSD in 2011. A coordination unit was established with two positions created, within the